Tirreno – Adriatico – Stage 7
San Benedetto del Tronto – San Benedetto del Tronto

We end the Tirreno with same way we started, with a race against the clock. The main difference is that riders need to do it alone instead of working together with their teams. The general classification is unlikely to change due to the short distance covered today, only 10 km. we start with the first favorite of the day, Taylor Phinney. Niki Terpstra (OPQ) is leading at the moment with 13’10�



BMC’s hope for the second stage win after Hanzen, Taylor Phinney (BMC) is the first big favorite at the start. Despite his status as favorite, he’s only able to match Terpstra time. He is given the advantage though. 13’10�



Lars Boom starts immediately after Phinney and might take some advantage because of it as it provides a good aiming point in front of him. This advantage gives a huge time deficit at the finish. At least 26 seconds later. 12’43�



Orica – GreenEDGE didn’t have the greatest Tirreno so far but they put fate in Luke Durbridge to give themselves some well needed points. Durbridge can only achieve 6th provisionally. 33 seconds slower than Boom. 13’16�



Jordan Birtles is the first of the Garmin favorites to start, probably providing valuable information for fellow Brit, Bradley Wiggins. The time set by the young rider is good for 2nd provisionally. 12’43�.



Lieuwe Westra, former dutch national champion, is looking to prove that he’s a former national champion, losing that title to Kelderman last year. with Boom currently in the hot-seat it is a true dutch battle. The Giant rider lost this one as 5th is only what’s achievable. Behind teammate Gretsch even. Westra’s time 13’01�



Like mentioned in the first stage, Sky is full of time trial specialist. Geraint Thomas is one of the better riders on the team in that aspect. The time set by him was disappointing to say the least. 13’12� meaning 12th place.



Bradley Wiggins had his teammate Birtles starting earlier today and we know get to see if that paying off. Seeing that his time is even slower than his teammates, it appears the years are catching him faster than he would like. 12’56�



Boasson Hagen is the last rider from the favorites to start that is not in the top of the GC. The Sky rider is also able to break the 13 minute limit with 12’52�. he’s currently at 3rd place.



Simon Spilak is just on the border of the top 10 in the GC and might be able to take it due to Yates in-ability to time trial to the Spilak’s level. He sets a time of 13’00�



Yates needs to set a time of 14’06� to stay in the top 10 of the GC. He just manages to make it in 14’00�. a great top 10 placing for the young Britain.



Kelderman is currently 9th place overall but is able to look up as his opponents are close to each other overall. With 13’09� however it is unlikely that he’ll overtake anybody.



Rui Costa is in between Kelderman and the next rider on the GC and is able to move up a place but also able to drop one aswell. He needs 13’22� to stay infront of Kelderman and he easily put a 13’05� on the clock.



Contador needs to hold off both Kelderman and Costa for 7th place overall. Unless he’s able to take 1’20� on the next rider on the GC, he needs to defend his placing. He needs 13’35� to hold them off and with 13’11� he comfortable able to hold them off



De Gendt is in the figuratively wasteland. With a gap in front and behind him overall so he can just relax in this short time trial. With 13’07� he doesn’t take it too easy but with 14th place in the stage provisionally.



Van Garderen is in a similiar situation as De Gendt, instead of focusing on the GC. He’s going for the stage win today. He’s only able to get 9th place with 18 seconds down on Boom. 13’01�



Kangert has been the surprise of this week so far, not many people would have expected him to finish in 4th place behind GT favorites, Nibali, Froome and Quintana. He continues to surprise people with a 9th place. Time equal with Van Garderen. 13’01�



Nibali can cruise home as he needs a miracle to even have a shot at winning the overall classification. 13’03� is his time. Good for 14th place provisionally.



Now we’ve hit the real fight of today stage, is Froome able to take the 7 seconds from Quintana that is keeping him from the GC victory. He puts pressure on Quintana by posted the new best time. 12’38�



Now that we know Froome’s time we can do the match for Quintana. He needs 12’45� to keep the overall classification. The time is 13’39� meaning that Chris Froome wins Tirreno – Adriatico.



Chris Froome and Sky take many jersey home today, the overall and points are for Froome that also took a stage.

Rank		Name	Team	Time
1		Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	12'38
2		Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 5
3		Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 12
4		Edvald Boasson Hagen	Sky Procycling	+ 15
5		Jordan Birtles	Garmin - Sharp	+ 18
6		Adriano Malori	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 19
7		Bradley Wiggins	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
8		Patrick Gretsch	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 22
9		Simon Spilak	Katusha Team	+ 23
10		Lieuwe Westra	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 24

Rank		Name	Team	Time
1		Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	23h50'14
2		Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	+ 55
3		Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	+ 1'55
4		Tanel Kangert	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 3'14
5		Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	+ 4'10
6		Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 5'05
7		Alberto Contador	Team Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 6'29
8		Rui Costa	Movistar Team	+ 6'53
9		Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 7'10
10		Adam Yates	Garmin - Sharp	+ 8'54

Rank		Name	Team	General
1		Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	41
2		Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	26
3		Adrien Hanzen	BMC Racing Team	24

Rank		Name	Team	General
1		Moreno Moser	Cannondale Pro Cycling	13
2		Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	11
3		Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	11

Rank		Name	Team	General Time
20		Nairo Quintana	Movistar Team	23h51'09 (1)
5		Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 6'15 (2)
45		Adam Yates	Garmin - Sharp	+ 7'59 (3)

Rank		Team	General Time
6		Movistar Team	71h03'44 (1)
1		Sky Procycling	+ 11'43 (2)
5		Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team	+ 13'17 (3)